'Ignorant' definitions:
Definition of 'ignorant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" [syn: ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered]
adjective
Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" [syn: ignorant, illiterate]
adjective
Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]
Definition of 'Ignorant'
From: GCIDE
- Ignorant \Ig"no*rant\, n. A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous. [1913 Webster]
- Did I for this take pains to teach Our zealous ignorants to preach? --Denham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ignorant'
From: GCIDE
- Ignorant \Ig"no*rant\, a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p. pr. of ignorare to be ignorant. See Ignore.]
- 1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [1913 Webster]
- He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of. [1913 Webster]
- Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Ignorant concealment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. [1913 Webster]
- His shipping, Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved. --Shak.
- Syn: Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed; unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- Ignorant, Illiterate. Ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either as to single subject or information in general; illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant, especially in regard to war and other active pursuits. [1913 Webster]
- In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant More learned than the ears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but the ignorant and illiterate, embraced torments and death. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ignorant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a novice at,
- a stranger to,
- awkward,
- benighted,
- blankminded,
- boorish,
- brainless,
- callow,
- crude,
- disaccustomed,
- discourteous,
- dumb,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- foolish,
- fresh,
- gauche,
- green,
- green as grass,
- groping,
- gross,
- headless,
- ill-mannered,
- illiterate,
- immature,
- impolite,
- in the dark,
- inane,
- incognizant,
- inept,
- inexperienced,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- insensate,
- irrational,
- know-nothing,
- lackbrained,
- lean-minded,
- lean-witted,
- lowbrow,
- mindless,
- naive,
- nescient,
- new to,
- not bright,
- oblivious,
- of little brain,
- pea-brained,
- pin-brained,
- raw,
- reasonless,
- rude,
- rusty,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slackminded,
- slackwitted,
- strange to,
- tentative,
- unaccustomed,
- unaccustomed to,
- unacquainted,
- unacquainted with,
- unapprized,
- unaware,
- uncivil,
- uncomprehending,
- unconscious,
- unconversant,
- unconversant with,
- uncouth,
- uncultured,
- undeveloped,
- uneducated,
- unenlightened,
- unexperienced,
- unfamiliar,
- unfamiliar with,
- unfledged,
- ungifted,
- unhabituated,
- unhardened,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- uninitiated in,
- uninstructed,
- unintellectual,
- unintelligent,
- uninured,
- unknowing,
- unlearned,
- unlettered,
- unmatured,
- unposted,
- unpracticed,
- unpracticed in,
- unprogressive,
- unread,
- unreasoning,
- unripe,
- unschooled,
- unseasoned,
- unskilled in,
- unsophisticated,
- unsure,
- untalented,
- untaught,
- unthinking,
- untrained,
- untried,
- untutored,
- unused,
- unused to,
- unversed,
- unversed in,
- unwise,
- unwitting,
- unwonted,
- vacuous,
- weaned,
- witless